GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |